Bienes Raices
Gap under baseboard, ants & dirt coming in
I've got the "anticide" or whatever it's called to put around the perimeter of the house, but is caulk the best solution to plug up the gap?
Jeremy Shepherd
Spiders
I have an apartment building in Northern WV with six units. The unit on the ground level has a problem with spiders. I've had the exterminator spray it twice inside & out, and have filled all cracks, holes, etc. b...
Ken Latchers
Meth Detectors
To dissuade a few, I have update my smoke detector clause as follows:
Landlord may install meth detectors.
Obviously won't happen, but costs nothing to insert.
Mark Forest
Who is responsible for wasps
I just bought a small 2 bed house that has a large wooden shed in the yard for storage. I am sure that in the summer wasps will b e building their nests all over this thing. If that happens is it up to me to go over...
Karen Margrave
Contractors - Painting Interior walls
After drywall is installed, what do you do to prep your walls for painting? It seems to me that paint doesn't go on as evenly as it once did. I'm not sure if it's the drwyall has been reformulated, the paper, or the p...
Doug McLeod
Replace front yard?
One of the properties I bought this year has a front yard eaten up with (or made up of) a grassy weed similar to crabgrass. The HOA is all over me and the renter about knee-high weeds, but they get that way in 3-4 day...
Curtis N.
Ideas for hideous brass finishes on gas fireplace
Hi everyone - when I bought my current property I immediately replaced every doorknob and light fixture that was the 90's style shiny brass or good finish. One of the only things left is the finish work on the gas fir...
Violeta Skarpeta
Cost effective ways to kill weeds on a city owned lot?
My property is surrounded by city owned lots and while I will be fined if my grass is higher than 10 inches, the weeds on city land get taller than me by June (we have some invasive plants around here). All of this is...
Mike Huggins
Use Security Deposit in this Situation?
I have a situation where the boiler room pipe sprung a needle size hole, spraying a very small amount of water against drywall. From the beginning of the lease, I have instructed the tenant to look at the boiler roo...
Dan Barman
Cat Urine Wood Floors?
Hi all. Just viewed a large, beat up MF in New York's Hudson Valley. Needs a lot of work but could be an amazing property. All hard wood floors, pretty scratched up and a bad smell of what we think is cat or dog urine...